Mark Lazar

Mark Lazar (born July 19, 1977) is an American curler and curling coach. He competed in the 2005 United States Olympic Curling Trials. He curls out of the Detroit Curling Club. He coached Team Stopera to three United States Junior Championships and a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Playing career While attending Bowling Green University in his freshman year, Lazar took a 1 credit gym class in curling. He joined the Bowling Green Curling Club a year after and joined a club league and the university curling league. Lazar also coached the team to an 8th-place finish at the 2019 Winter World University Games.

After Stopera aged out and the team saw its first major change in three years following the 2019 season, Lazar left Team Stopera to join Team Farrell as coach. A women's team in the Junior High Performance Program, Team Farrell consisted of Cora Farrell at skip, Caiti Flannery at fourth, Leah Yavarow at third, Allison Howell at lead, and Rebecca Miles at fifth. The team competed at the 2019 World Junior-B Championships in Lohja, Finland, the qualifying tournament for the World Junior Curling Championships. Lazar and the team were unable to qualify the US for the worlds, finishing in 5th place. At the 2020 Junior Nationals, the team lost the final to Team Strouse.

In the summer of 2020, it was announced that Lazar would be joining Team Sinclair as coach. The team consisted of Jamie Sinclair at skip, Monica Walker at third, Cora Farrell at second, and Elizabeth Cousins at lead.

Currently, he coaches the Korey Dropkin rink.

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Events 2005–06 Wes Johnson Leon Romaniuk Brandon Way Mark Lazar 2005 USOCT 2009–10 Bryan Wight Michael Moore Joey Bonfoey Mark Lazar 2010 USOCT 2010–11 Bryan Wight Michael Moore Joel Dietz Mark Lazar 2011 USMCR 2011–12 Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Quentin Way Mark Lazar 2012 USNCC 2012–13 Mike Farbelow Kevin Deeren Kraig Deeren Mark Lazar 2013 USNCC 2013–14 Mike Farbelow Kevin Deeren Kraig Deeren Mark Lazar 2014–15 Dean Gemmell Bill Stopera Martin Sather Mark Lazar 2015 USNCC 2015–16 Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Dean Gemmell Mark Lazar 2016 USNCC 2016–17 Bill Stopera Dean Gemmell Mark Lazar